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| What discipline are you? |
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15% |
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| Mahayana |
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30% |
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| Vajrayana |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| Zen (Ch'an) |
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33% |
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| Pure-Land |
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3% |
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| Nichiren |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| I'm Judeo-Christian |
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13% |
[ 7 ] |
| I'm Muslim |
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0% |
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 Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:39 pm
I would dearly love to see a "none of the above," "undecided," or "unaffiliated" option here. But I suppose I'm a rare case, anyway.
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:42 pm
Hmm... I really don't know the difference between most of them... I gues i am zen because most of the things I read and use is zen. So, zen...yep zen. blaugh
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:45 pm
Iarecarzy Hmm... I really don't know the difference between most of them... I gues i am zen because most of the things I read and use is zen. So, zen...yep zen. blaugh Given your claim to be a Tao-Buddhist, you'd most closely fit with Zen anyway, as Ch'an (Chinese Zen) was a blend of Taoist and Buddhist thought.
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:02 pm
Byaggha Iarecarzy Hmm... I really don't know the difference between most of them... I gues i am zen because most of the things I read and use is zen. So, zen...yep zen. blaugh Given your claim to be a Tao-Buddhist, you'd most closely fit with Zen anyway, as Ch'an (Chinese Zen) was a blend of Taoist and Buddhist thought. Thanks for pointing that out more clearly. If you are interested in taoism i have a good book... Its with winnie the pooh but that doesn't matter.... Its called 'The Tao of Pooh' its really good and i love it. Its an easy read also.
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:05 pm
I read and am influenced a lot by Thich Nhat Hanh, so I'd say I'm a mix of Tibetan Vajrayana, and Zen. Although, if I ever join a monastery I might just end up joining a Vajrayana one. I consider meditation important to my path, but I don't think I'll be able to sit for more than 45 minutes, tops, an hour if I'm lucky. I know all about the quality over quantity thing, so don't get me started. The fact is, (at least from what I know), Zen seems to be the most meditation intensive sect, and while I like a lot of its teachings, thats the one part I've always found difficult.
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:15 pm
Aran Otokomae Byaggha Iarecarzy Hmm... I really don't know the difference between most of them... I gues i am zen because most of the things I read and use is zen. So, zen...yep zen. blaugh Given your claim to be a Tao-Buddhist, you'd most closely fit with Zen anyway, as Ch'an (Chinese Zen) was a blend of Taoist and Buddhist thought. Thanks for pointing that out more clearly. If you are interested in taoism i have a good book... Its with winnie the pooh but that doesn't matter.... Its called 'The Tao of Pooh' its really good and i love it. Its an easy read also. I've actually been told by a lot of people that thats just about the worst book you could possibly read to get a good explanation of traditional Taoist thought.
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:00 pm
Merlin the White Aran Otokomae Byaggha Iarecarzy Hmm... I really don't know the difference between most of them... I gues i am zen because most of the things I read and use is zen. So, zen...yep zen. blaugh Given your claim to be a Tao-Buddhist, you'd most closely fit with Zen anyway, as Ch'an (Chinese Zen) was a blend of Taoist and Buddhist thought. Thanks for pointing that out more clearly. If you are interested in taoism i have a good book... Its with winnie the pooh but that doesn't matter.... Its called 'The Tao of Pooh' its really good and i love it. Its an easy read also. I've actually been told by a lot of people that thats just about the worst book you could possibly read to get a good explanation of traditional Taoist thought. Several aspects of the "Tao of Pooh" is good, but the rest is utter garbage that has nothing to do with the Tao. Then again, The Tao is something that's very, VERY difficult to explain. One recurring theme that the author of "The Tao of Pooh" is the concept of uncut wood; or "P'u", as it is recurring in the Tao Te Ching. The mistake used by the author is that he focuses on it too much and it hinders the potential of the book. If one wishes to learn more about the tao and what it means to YOURSELF, I'd suggest reading a direct translation and deciphering what it means by searching within yourself. One such translation that can help you do this yould be located here. This is my absolute favourite translation of the Tao Te Ching and I have five translations on hard copy books. Quite odd that i've found my favourite on a website that I didn't have to pay for at all.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:17 pm
I don't know what sect I would be considered, but I believe in most things--considering what I've read in this guild so far--and I have had the pleasure of actually listening to the 14th Dalai Lama speak. It was moving and inspiring and that was when I 'turned my back' on the Christain faith that my family raised me in.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:05 am
At this point I think I've become more Zen than Vajrayana. I just found that Vajrayana (at least Tibetan Vaj.) seemed way to formalised, etc, for me. I currently practice the form of Zen taught by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, which is perfect for me, although I can understand how a member of a more traditional Zen sect might not find it to their liking.
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:50 pm
I think that I would "go under" the sect of Mahayana.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:35 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:30 pm
I am in fact a mix of Zen and Toltequity, it has hlped me a lot mixing Zen things I've read with Quetzalcoatl's words blaugh
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:22 am
Being martial artists and all and learning about all the different types, I'm going for Zen. Strange that there are no Tantirc Buddhists, although I guess thats more of a Tibetian thing.
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:15 am
Theravadan with muslim backgrounds. Before Buddhism I was a muslim like my parents. They told me however as a child, that in America, i didn't have to be a muslim if I didn't want to be. mrgreen
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:02 am
Atman Being martial artists and all and learning about all the different types, I'm going for Zen. Strange that there are no Tantirc Buddhists, although I guess thats more of a Tibetian thing. Vajrayana is tantric, really, it's another name for the Tibetan practice. So there are a few of them here, they just run under that name rather than tantric. 3nodding
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